REACH Overheads.pdf

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SAFETYCARE

RECOGNITION, EVALUATION AND CONTROL OF HAZARDS

TRAINING COURSE

COURSE AIM

The aim of this training course is to

constructively involve you in the

identification and analysis of workplace

hazards and enable you to make

recommendations on eliminating or

reducing the risk of these hazards.


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RECOGNITION, EVALUATION AND CONTROL OF HAZARDS

TRAINING COURSE

COURSE OUTLINE

The course will cover:

Occupational Hazards

The Recognition, Evaluation and

Control of Hazards, and

A Practical Hazard Identification and

Risk Analysis Exercise.


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DEFINITION OF AN

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD

An occupational hazard is any workplace

situation, substance or process that has the

potential to cause harm, injury or illness

to any person or unborn child.


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PHYSICAL HAZARDSA physical hazard can be defined as any physical

object, item or process that is capable of causing an

immediate or cumulative physical injury.

Examples include:

Excessive noise

Excessive vibration

Ionizing radiation

Unguarded equipment or machinery

Slippery surfaces

Protruding objects

Extremely hot or cold surfaces or

substances

Poor illumination

Defective tools

Exposed electrical sources/wires

Etc.


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CHEMICAL HAZARDS

A chemical hazard can be defined as any chemicalsubstance that is capable of causing bodily harm,

disease, illness or death, or is capable of causing a

change in a persons behavior, or a decrease in their

mental alertness.

Examples include:

Solvents

Poisons

Asbestos

Metal oxides

Cadmium

Arsenic

Silica

Mercury

Vinyl chloride monomer

Diisocyanates

Mineral oil

Etc.


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BIOLOGICAL HAZARDSA biological hazard can be defined as any biological

substance, (that is, any organic dust, fungi, insect,

mite, rickettsia, protozoa, bacteria, virus or enzyme)

that is capable of causing an allergic reaction,

disease or illness.

Examples include:

The bacteria legionella pneumophila

Blood borne pathogens like HBV and

HIV

Hardwood dusts

Organic dusts or fungi in cotton, flax

and hemp fibres

Organic dust like cork dust

Flour and grain dusts

Insects

The rhinovirus

The enzyme alcalase.


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ERGONOMIC HAZARDS

An ergonomic hazard can be defined as anyworkplace situation or activity that is capable of

causing physiological or psychological stress or undue

stress to any part of the bodys anatomy.

Examples include:

Poor work station design

Poor workplace design and layout

Excessive manual handling requirements

Excessive materials handling requirements

Poorly designed tools and equipment

Unbalanced work and rest cycles

Poorly organized shift rosters

Tasks that require excessive reaching,stretching or bending

Tasks that require excessive repetitive

movements

Etc.


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HAZARD RECOGNITION

Common methods of identifying hazards in theworkplace include:

performing workplace inspections

conducting JSAs, JHAs, JSPs, TPs, etc.

conducting safety audits

checking relevant standards, codes of

practice, regulations, etc.

analyzing accident data

performing preventative maintenancechecks

performing pre-operational and operational

checks on equipment and machinery

conducting HAZOP and HAZAN studies

performing risk assessments, and

actively and constructively involving

employees in identifying hazards in the

workplace.


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HAZARD EVALUATION

Fundamentally, we need to answer questions likethese in order to evaluate a hazard:

What exactly is the risk?

What is the worst accident that could

happen involving this hazard?

What is the most probable accident to

happen involving this hazard?

What is the likelihood of the worst accident

(scenario) occurring?

What is the likelihood of the most probableaccident (scenario) occurring?

Are these risks acceptable?

What would be the consequences if the

worst accident was to occur?

What would be the consequences if the

most likely accident was to occur?

Are these consequences acceptable?

Do we need to control the risk?


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THE HIERARCHY OF

CONTROL MEASURES

1. ELIMINATION

2. SUBSTITUTION

3. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS

4. ENGINEERING CONTROLS

5. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT


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HAZARD IDENTIFICATION

AND RISK ANALYSIS PROCESS

STAGE ONE INFORM YOU OF THE HAZARD

IDENTIFICATION AND RISK

ANALYSIS PROCESS

STAGE TWO SELECT TEAMS

STAGE THREE SELECT WORK LOCATIONS

STAGE FOUR IDENTIFY HAZARDS IN

THE SELECTED WORK AREAS

STAGE FIVE ANALYZE RISKS ASSOCIATED

WITH THESE HAZARDS

STAGE SIX RECORD THE ANALYSIS

STAGE SEVEN PRESENT THE FINDINGS/ANALYSIS

STAGE EIGHT PRIORITIZE THE RISKS

STAGE NINE DEVELOP A PLAN OF ACTION


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